With the release of SQL Server 2016 Community Technology Preview (CTP) 2.1 , customers can for th e first time experience the rapid preview model for their on-premises SQL Server 2016 de velopment and test environments and can gain a faster time to production...

Dear Customers,
Microsoft SQL Server Product team is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 (SP3).
As part of our continued commitment to software excellence for our customers, this upgrade is free and doesn’t...

Dear C ustomers,
We would like to share some updates on our planning for SQL Server Service Packs.
We have seen the feedback on Connect (feedback IDs 814658, 814656, 814600) and the number of votes they each have received. We will continue...

We are excited to announce enhanced SQL Server 2014 Management Studio (SSMS) support for Azure SQL database including the latest SQL Database Update V12 (preview) . Bringing this functionality into SSMS provides an easy way to discover and better leverage...

Dear Customers
we have discovered a problem with Report Builder that ships with SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3.
If you installed SQL Server 2008 R2, have upgraded it to Service Pack 2 and then applied Service Pack 3, then Report Builder will...

Dear Customers,
SQL Server 2005 SP4 which was released on the Microsoft Download Center on December 17th, 2010 is now available through the Microsoft Update Service. The main SP4 update for Standard, Workgroup, Developer and Enterprise Editions...

Dear Customers,
Microsoft SQL Server team is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 (SP2).
As part of our continued commitment to software excellence for our customers, this upgrade is free and doesn’t...

We would like to remind all customers that Support for SQL Server 7.0 will end on January 11, 2011 . Microsoft is ending support for this product as part of our Support Lifecycle policy, found in http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle .
SQL Server...

Following the original release of SQL Server 2008 R2 we are pleased to announce the associated release of the SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA).
BPA is designed for administrators who want to determine the overall conformance of their...

Dear Customers,
The Microsoft SQL Server Sustained Engineering team is pleased to announce the availability of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 CTP. Both the Service Pack and Feature Pack updates are available for download on the Microsoft...

Keep your system up to date with the most recent cumulative update package for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM. This package contains all of the SQL Server 2008 R2 hotfixes that have been released since the initial release of SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM.
CU#4...

Dear Customers,
We are planning to ship one last Service Pack for both SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Because of the maturity of SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2, these Service Pack(s) will be an exception
in terms of timing and will ship...

SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 is now available
As previously posted, the Service Pack 1 release on April 15 was recalled very shortly after going live on the Microsoft Download Center (only) to address a recall issue. That issue has been resolved...

Dear Customers,
Microsoft SQL Server team is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Both the Service Pack and Feature Pack updates are available for download on the Microsoft Download Center. As part of our continued...

We would like to remind all customers that Mainstream support for SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) and Mainstream support for SQL Server 2005 SP1 will both end on April 8, 2008 ( see previous blog ). Microsoft will continue technical support for these...

Dear Customers,
The first cumulative update release for SQL Server 2014 SP1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site.
To learn more about the release or servicing model, please visit:
CU#1 KB Article: http://support.microsoft...

Dear Customers,
Microsoft SQL Server team is pleased to announce the release of SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). As part of our continued commitment to software excellence for our customers, this upgrade is free and doesn’t require an additional...

Dear Customers,
The 6 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 6 contains all the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 hotfixes which have been available since the initial...

Dear Customers,
The second cumulative update release (CU2) for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site.
NOTE: In addition to new fixes introduced in CU2, SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2 contains a rollup...

Dear Customers,
The 4 th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 SP2 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site.
Cumulative Update 4 contains all hotfixes which have been available since the initial release of SQL Server 2012...

In reference to the recent announcement of a Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 I wanted to take some time and elaborate a bit over a modified development approach we’ll be taking for SQL Server Servicing releases. With our recent SP3 announcement we...